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E. A. HEY.

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APPLICATION FILED*SEPT.25. 1912.

Patented July 17, 1917.

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EDMUND A. HEY, OlE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO WIREBOUNDSPATENTS COM- PANY, OF KITTERY, MAINE, A CORPORATION F MAINE.

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speeiiicaiion of Letters Patent.

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Application filed September 25, 1912. Serial No. 722,168.

T 0 all whom t may concern:

Be it .known that I, EDMUND A. HEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented an Improvement in Boxes, of which the vvfollowing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to the art of manufacturing wire bound and other boxes, and more particularly to a case for receiving bottled goods and the like.

yAmong other objects, the invention provides a case which may be made of light and cheap wood or other material, but which will be sufficiently strong to effectively support the heavy articles carried thereby.

The invention may be best understood by the following description of a method for making lthe illustrative box disclosed in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan View of anillustrative box embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the box shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section taken on the line 4 1 of Fig. 1.

ln accordance with the preferred construction, each side sheet 1, 3 and 5 is shaped and finished individually and is subsequently assembled with previously shaped and finished cleats 7, 9 and 11. The illustrative cleats shown are provided with tongues andl grooves at their ends before being assembled with the side sheets.

To reinforce the box and perfor1 other functions more fully hereinafter described, reinforce sheets and 17 may be provided conveniently of the same material and thickness as the side sheets.

The side sheets and reinforce sheets so formed4 may be readily assembled edge to edge with the reinforce sheets at the ends of the series and be so held by any suitable y means.

Binding wires 19, 21, 23 and 25 are then laid upon the opposite sides of the sheets from the cleats. Wires 19 and 21 are in line with the cleats so that the wire binding, sheets and cleats may be secured together by common fasteners, suchi for example as staples, which may straddle the wire and be driven through the sheets into the cleats. The ends of the wires are preferably left projecting so vthat when the box blank is folded into box forni the opposite ends of each wire vmay be twisted together as at 19a, 21a so as to complete the continuity of the closure as shown in ,Fig 2. Before the wire ends are twisted together brace cleats 27 are introduced between the side sheets, and end plates or pieces 29 may be inserted preferably inside the cleats and bear outwardly against them. The end plates may be secured to the cleats by small staples 31 or other suitable fastening means.

The binding wires 23 and 25 referred to are laid along the sides at preferably equally distributed points between theleiids of the sides and also along the reinforce sheets. 'lhese wires 23 and 25 may 'be anchored to the sheets and reinforce sheets by staples 32 or other suitable fastening means and may be further anchoredto the reinforce sheets by bending the ends a of the wires around the free edges of the reinforce sheets.

To provide pockets for receiving bottles or the like, partitionl means is provided illustrated herein as a series of partitions 33 extending transversely across the box and having slots half their depths receiving narrower partitions 35 extending longitudinally of the box.

These partitions are introduced through the top of the box and set into the bottom of the box. 'Then the reinforce sheets are folded around the top edges of the sides as fulcra down into the box against the inner faces of opposite sides of the box. In the course of this movement the wire securely anchored to the reinforce sheets will bettensioned and drawn tightly to embrace and support the sides and bottom of the box. The ends of the bindingwires turned over the edges of the reinforce sheets will then be inclosed between thereinforce sheets and side sheets, thereby further assisting in anchoring the wires. 'llhe reinforce sheets may be held in any suitable manner. Staples or other fastening means 37 may be driven through the reinforcefsheetsinto Athe side* sheets.

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To brace the reinforce sheets'against rocking away from the side sheets, brace strips '39 may be provided interposed between said reinforce sheets at the ends of the box and secured to said ends by staples or other suitable fastening means.

Preferably therolower edges of the reinforce sheets engage the transverse partitions 33 referred to and the brace strips engage the longitudinal partitions 35 referred to. As a result, the partitions are effectively held in. position. i Side sheets may be formed of one or more strips of wood and when of a plurality they may have a tongue and groove connection as shown at 43.

l The box or case described, while simple in construction and of thin material, pre- Sents a strong, distortion-resisting construction. The binding wires passing beneath the bottom of the box intermediate the ends of the latter are eHectively held taut by their anchorage to the reinforce sheets and effectively tend .to resist any bulging or sagging of the bottom under load.` The reinforce sheets stiffen the sides of the box and prevent'their bulging or buckling when the box is grasped by its brace cleats 27 as handles for carrying the case from place to place. v

While the illustrative box shown herein is an open case it will be understood that a top might be,provided therefor if desired.

Having described one illustrative box embodying the invention without limiting the same thereto, what I claim as new` and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 1..A wire boundl box comprising sides, a bottom and ends, having, in combination, a cleat located approximate each end of each side and the bottom, and secured thereto by staples anchoring the side 'and bottom to their respective cleats; bracing cleats at each end of the top of the box and interposedv bef tween the sides; reinforce layers superposed on said sides, and a binding wire embracing said bottom and sides and extended over the edges of the latter and along said reinforce layers.

2. A wire bound boxcomprising sides, a'

bottom and ends, having, in combination, a cleat located approximate each end of eaeh side and the bottom, and secured thereto by staples anchoring the sides and bottom to their respective cleats; `-al bracing cleat ateach end of the --top of the box and interposed between the sides, binding wires eencircling the box at each end and anchored tothe sides, and 'reinforce layers superposed upon the sides of the box and engaging the ends thereof, and a binding Wire extending Varound said bottom and sides over the edges of the latter and along said reinforce layers.

3. A wire bound box comprising sides, a bottom and ends, having, inicombination, reinforce layers superposed upon the sides Vof the box, binding wire encircling the box at each end thereof and binding wire` extendying along said bottom, sides and reinforce sides and secured to said reinforce means.

6. A wire bound box comprising sides, a bottom and ends, and reinforce means applied to opposite sides of said box and engaging said ends of the box to resist collapsing of the box. y

7. A wire bound box comprising sides, a bottom and ends, having, in combination, reinforce layers superposed upon sides of the box and binding wire extending along said bottom, sides and reinforce layers and having ends bent around the lower edges of said reinforce layers.

8. A wire boundbox comprising sides, a bottom and ends, having, in combination, reinforce means superposed upon inner faces of the box, `and brace strips extending between said means for holding the latter in position. Y

9. A wirebound box comprising sides, a bottom and ends, having, in combination, re-

inforce layers for saidl sides, bracing strips at the ends of the box interposed between said reinforce layers, binding wire encircling the box at each end and binding wire havingends secured to ythe lower edges of said reinforce layers and extending over the opposite edges of saidr layers along the sides and bottom of the box.

10. A box comprising sides, a bottom and ends, having, in combination, partition means within the box, and fixed reinforce means superposed on said sides for holding the partition'means in position and to brace the box ends.

11. A box comprising sides, a bottom and ends, having, in combination, pocket forming cross partitions within the box, and fixed reinforce means superposed on said sides for maintaining said partitions in position and to brace the box ends.

12. A box comprising sides, a bottom and ends, having, in'v combination, partition means within the box extending from side to side thereof, reinforce layers superposed upon facesiof opposed sides of said box and having lower edges lfor preventing displacement of said partition means.

13. A box comprising sides', a bottom and partition means, reinforce layers superposed l upon opposite sides of the box, bracing members for holding said reinforce layers in position, said layers and members being arranged to limit displacement of said partition means, and binding wire having ends engaging the lower edges of said reinforce layers and extending along the latter from the upper edges of the same and along the sides and bottom of the box.

16. A wire bound box comprising sides, a bottom and ends, having, in combination, reinforce layers superposed upon said sides, and binding wire having ends bent in between said sides and layers and extending along the latter andthe sides and bottom of the box. l

17. lA wire bound'box comprising sides, a. bottom and ends, having, in combination, reinforce layers superposed upon said sides, a binding wire having ends locked around the lower edges of said layers and between the latter and said sides, said binding wire extending along said layers to the top` edges thereof and along the exterior of said sides and bottom, and bracing means interposed between said reinforce layers for holding the same "in position.

18. A wire bound box comprising sides, a bottom and ends, having, in combination, reinforce layers superposed upon said sides, a binding wire anchored to the lower portions of said layers and extending along the same, over the edges of said layers and sides and along the exterior of said sides and bottom, and staples for anchoring said binding wire to said sides and bottom.

19. A wire bound box comprising sides, a bottom and ends, having, in combination, reinforce layers shorter than said sides and superposed upon the latter; means to secure said layers to said sides; and binding wires having ends anchored to the lower edges of said reinforce layers and extending along the latter over the edges thereof andV exteriorly along said sides and bottom.

20. A wire bound box comprising sides, a bottom and ends, having, in combination, reinforcing layers superposed upon the sides of said box, and binding wire extending along said sides and bottom over the top edges of said sides and along said reinforce layers; and means to anchor said wire to said reinforce layers.

21. An open top wire bound box comprising sides, a bottom and ends, having, in combination, partiti-ons in said box, reinforce layers superposed upon inner faces of opposed sides of said box; bracing strips interposed between said reinforce layers and secured to the ends of the box; cleats anchored to end portions of said sides and bottom; binding wires encircling said box at its ends; staples for anchoring said wires to said sides, bottom and ends, and binding wire intermediate said ends extending exteriorly along said bottom and sides over the top edges of the latter and along said reinforce layers; and staples for anchoring said binding wires to said bottom, sides and layers.

22. A box comprising sides, a bottom and ends, having in combination, partition means within the box, fixed reinforcing means superposed on said sides for holding the partition means in position and wires ernbracin the bottom and sides of the box an secure to said reinforcing means.

In testimony whereof, I havesigned my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDMUN D A. HEY.

Witnesses:

DEBORAH L. Coxicx,

M. S. BEA. 

